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	Dante Canè
	Heavyweight Male Italy, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna Born: 5 June 1940, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Died: 2 May 2000, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Height: 6ft 4 1/2in, mt 1,93 Weight: 220, 228, 234, 239, 244 lbs

as an amateur:

1959 Pescara, Italian Novice Championships heavyweight winner
1961 Bologna, Italian Championships heavyweight winner
1962 Modena, Italian Championships heavyweight winner
1962 Luxemborg, World Military Championships heavyweight gold medal
1963 Pesaro, Italian Championships heavyweight winner
1963 Moscow, Soviet Union, European Championships heavyweight bronze medal
1963 Napoli, Italy, Mediterranean Games heavyweight gold medal

Amateur results courtesy of Pietro Anselmi
Fights summary: 63 contests, won 56, lost 4, drew 3

Amateur Results


1959
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 22	Ferrari	Bologna, Italy	WAB 1
+ June 1	Casalini	Bologna, Italy	WAB 1
+ June 8	Bossetti	Modena, Italy	WPTS
+ June 22	Tacchini	Bologna, Italy	WPTS
Pescara, Italy, Italian Novice Championships heavyweight winner
+ Aug. 6	Valentini	Pescara, Italy	WAB 1
+ Aug. 8	Funkausen	Pescara, Italy	WTKO 1
+ Aug. 9	Fort	Pescara, Italy	WAB 1
+ Oct. 5	Fravehnolt	Bologna, Italy	WAB 2
+ Nov. 9	Cella	Bologna, Italy	WKO 1
= Nov. 21	Amedeo Lipparini	Pistoia, Italy	Draw
+ Dec. 16	Michele Rinaldi	Bologna, Italy	WPTS

1960
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 10	Luigi Martuzzi (ITA)	Modena, Italy	LPTS
+ Mar. 7	Arnaldo Pittarella	Bologna, Italy	WAB 1
+ Mar. 15	Pietro Besi (ITA)	Modena, Italy	WTKO-I 1
+ Apr. 4	Giancarlo Bacchini (ITA)	Bologna, Italy	WPTS
+ May 9	Bogensperger	Bologna, Italy	WKO 1
+ June 13	Zemito Calvi	Bologna, Italy	WAB 1
= June 17	Luigi Martuzzi (ITA)	Forlì, Italy	Draw
+ Aug. 9	Carlo Nieri (ITA)	Crespellano, Italy	WAB 2
+ Oct. 17	Giancarlo Bacchini (ITA)	Bologna, Italy	WDQ 3

1961
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 16	Colombo Lorenzi (ITA)	Bologna, Italy	WPTS
+ Feb. 11	Baldisserri	Ravenna, Italy	WAB 1
+ Feb. 12	Martinelli	Ravenna, Italy	WAB
Bologna, Italy, Italian Championships heavyweight winner
+ Mar. 2	Amedeo Simonetti	Bologna, Italy	WAB 1
+ Mar. 3	Roberto De Silvestris	Bologna, Italy	WDQ 3
+ Mar. 4	Benito Penna (ITA)	Bologna, Italy	WPTS
+ Mar. 20	Pietro Besi (ITA)	Bologna, Italy	WKO 1
Glasgow, Scotland, Dual Match Scotland vs Italy, +81 kg
+ May 4	Dickson	Glasgow, Scotland	WTKO 1
Bologna, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs France, +81 kg
+ May 22	Feryule	Bologna, Italy	WKO 2
+ May 29	Colombo Lorenzi (ITA)	Bologna, Italy	WPTS
Bucharest, Constanta and Galati, Romania, Dual Match Romania vs Italy, +81 kg
- June 27	Vasile Mariutan (OMA)	Bucharest, Romania	LPTS
+ June 29	Jon Rohan	Constanta, Romania	WKO 1
+ July 1	Octavian Cioloca	Galati, Romania	WPTS
Rosenheim, West Germany, Dual Match West Germany vs Italy, +81 kg
+ Aug. 16	Frank	Rosenheim, West Germany	WKO 1
+ Aug. 18	Pretzner	Munich, West Germany	WKO 1
Grosseto, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs West Germany, +81 kg
+ Sept. 2	Weiss	Grosseto, Italy	WAB 2
Dublin and Donegal, Ireland, Dual Match Ireland vs Italy, +81 kg
+ Oct. 13	Jim Monaghan	Dublin, Ireland	WPTS
+ Oct. 16	Jim Monaghan	Donegal, Ireland	WPTS
Bologna, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs Romania, +81 kg
= Oct. 23	Vasile Mariutan (OMA)	Bologna, Italy	Draw
Frankfurt and Freiburg, West Germany, Dual Match West Germany vs Italy, +81 kg
+ Dec. 1	Lothar Stengel (GER)	Frankfurt, West Germany	WPTS
+ Dec. 3	Hans Huber (GER)	Freiburg, West Germany	WPTS

1962
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Modena, Italy, Italian Championships heavyweight winner
+ Mar. 20	Dino Bianchi	Modena, Italy	WAB 2
+ Mar. 22	Gianfranco Pussia	Modena, Italy	WAB 1
+ Mar. 23	Colombo Lorenzi (ITA)	Modena, Italy	WWO
+ Mar. 24	Benito Penna (ITA)	Modena, Italy	WPTS
Luxemborg, World Military Championships gold medal, +81 kg
+ Apr. 26	Stoimenidis	Luxemborg, Luxemborg	WKO 1
+ Apr. 27	Muhlenmayer	Luxemborg, Luxemborg	WWO
+ Apr. 29	Richard Pettigrew	Luxemborg, Luxemborg	WPTS
London, England, Dual Match London vs Roma, +81 kg
+ Oct. 18	Len Hobbs	London, England	WPTS

1963
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Pesaro, Italy, Italian Championships heavyweight winner
+ Mar. 14	Alberto Martinelli	Pesaro, Italy	WTKO 3
+ Mar. 16	Mario Bortoluzzo	Pesaro, Italy	WAB 2
+ Mar. 17	Roberto De Silvestris	Pesaro, Italy	WTKO 2
+ Mar. 18	Emilio Borghi	Pesaro, Italy	WAB 1
Bucharest and Craiova, Romania, Dual Match Romania vs Italy, +81 kg
- Apr. 25	Vasile Mariutan (OMA)	Bucharest, Romania	LPTS
+ Apr. 27	Vasile Mariutan (OMA)	Craiova, Romania	WPTS
Moscow, Soviet Union, European Championships bronze medal, +81 kg
+ May 26	Len Hobbs	Moscow, Soviet Union	WTKO-I 3
+ May 28	Vasile Mariutan (OMA)	Moscow, Soviet Union	WPTS
- May 31	Andrey Abramov (RUS)	Moscow, Soviet Union	LPTS
Jesolo, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs Team London, +81 kg
+ July 10	Gilbert	Jesolo, Italy	WTKO-I 3
Napoli, Italy, Mediterranean Games gold medal, +81 kg
+ Sept. 22	Sayed el-Kilany	Napoli, Italy	WPTS
Berlin, West Germany, Dual Match Berlin vs Team Roma, +81 kg
+ Nov. 17	Manfred Markgraf (GER)	Berlin, West Germany	WTKO 2

1964
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Glasgow, Scotland, Dual Match Scotland vs Italy, +81 kg
+ Jan. 16	Rae Dryden	Glasgow, Scotland	WPTS
Rimini, Italy, Italian Olympic Qualifier, +81 kg
+ July 4	Giuseppe Ros (ITA)	Rimini, Italy	WPTS 3

Professional record


1964
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Dec. 18	Dino Biato	Bologna, Italy	TKO 2

1965
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 27	Giancarlo Bacchini	Bologna, Italy	TKO 3
= Feb. 12	Eduardo Corletti	Bologna, Italy	Draw 6
+ Feb. 26	Manfred Ackers	Roma, Italy	KO 2
+ Mar. 19	Roland Graetz	Bologna, Italy	TKO 3
+ Apr. 23	Roberto Bracco	Bologna, Italy	KO 2
+ Aug. 16	Andre Wyns	Rimini, Italy	TKO 3
+ Sept. 10	Karl Hermann Troche	Milano, Italy	KO 2
+ Oct. 15	Benito Canal	Roma, Italy	KO 2
- Nov. 15	Harry Kneipp	Bologna, Italy	LDQ 2
+ Dec. 13	Vicky Savo	Bologna, Italy	TKO 1
* Dec. 26	Celio Turrini	Bologna, Italy	NC 3

1966
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 20	Benito Penna	Milano, Italy	KO 7
+ Mar. 10	Buddy Turman	Milano, Italy	W 8
+ Apr. 1	Willie Johnson	Roma, Italy	KO 6
+ July 24	Giuseppe Migliari	Torino, Italy	TKO 6
= Aug. 13	Joseph Juvillier	Rimini, Italy	Draw 8
+ Oct. 14	Joseph Juvillier	Bologna, Italy	cTKO 7

1967
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 19	Memphis Al Jones	Bologna, Italy	WDQ 4
+ Mar. 3	Leslie Borden	Roma, Italy	KO 2
- Mar. 29	Piero Tomasoni	Torino, Italy	L 12
(For Italian Heavyweight Title)
+ Aug. 19	Paul Kraus	Rimini, Italy	KO 2
+ Sept. 18	Jerry Tomasetti	New York, USA	KO 1
- Nov. 10	James J Woody	New York, USA	L 10
+ Dec. 19	Boston Jacobs	Milano, Italy	cTKO 8

1968
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Feb. 12	Billy Joiner	Bologna, Italy	Draw 10
+ Apr. 7	Charley Polite	Brescia, Italy	W 10
+ June 7	Jose Menno	Roma, Italy	TKO 6
+ July 5	Dick Hall	Torino, Italy	KO 6
+ Oct. 16	Jerry Tomasetti	Scranton, USA	KO 7
- Nov. 12	George Chuvalo	Toronto, Canada	TKO by 7

1969
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 7	Roberto Davila	New York, USA	L 10
+ June 11	Piero Tomasoni	San Remo, Italy	W 12
(Won Italian Heavyweight Title)
- Oct. 4	Rocky Campbell	Napoli, Italy	TKO by 5
+ Dec. 1	Piero Tomasoni	Bologna, Italy	cTKO 8
(Retained Italian Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 26	Abe Davis	Bologna, Italy	KO 2

1970
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Jan. 31	Roosevelt Eddie	Roma, Italy	Draw 8
- May 15	Bepi Ros	Bologna, Italy	KO by 11
(Lost Italian Heavyweight Title)

1971
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 17	Ollie Wilson	Bologna, Italy	W 8
+ Apr. 23	Vasco Faustinho	Bologna, Italy	W 8
+ Oct. 2	Bepi Ros	Bologna, Italy	W 12
(Regained Italian Heavyweight Title)
+ Nov. 12	Joe Tarzan	Reggio Emilia, Italy	TKO 4
- Dec. 26	Armando Zanini	Reggio Emilia, Italy	LDQ 5
(Lost Italian Heavyweight Title)

1972
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 18	Vasco Faustinho	Reggio Emilia, Italy	W 10
+ Mar. 20	Stamford Harris	Bologna, Italy	KO 5
+ May 19	Christian Poncelet	Reggio Emilia, Italy	TKO 4
- July 8	Bepi Ros	Conegliano, Italy	L 12
(For Italian Heavyweight Title)
- Nov. 28	Joe Bugner	Nottingham, Great Britain	TKO by 6

1973
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 11	Vasco Faustinho	Ancona, Italy	TKO 6
- July 25	Mario Baruzzi	Rapallo, Italy	L 12
(For vacant Italian Heavyweight Title)

1974
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 22	Armando Zanini	Reggio Emilia, Italy	TKO 10
(Regained vacant Italian Heavyweight Title)
+ May 22	Alfredo Mongol Ortiz	Reggio Emilia, Italy	TKO 7
= July 26	Bepi Ros	Conegliano, Italy	Draw 12
(Retained Italian Heavyweight Title)

1975
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 28	Joe Bugner	Bologna, Italy	cTKO by 5
(For European Heavyweight Title)
+ Apr. 15	Amedeo Laureti	Marsala, Italy	W 8
+ Oct. 24	Lorenzo Zanon	Milano, Italy	TKO 8
(Regained Italian Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 26	Benito Penna	Bologna, Italy	W 12
(Retained Italian Heavyweight Title)

1976
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 9	Mario Baruzzi	Reggio Emilia, Italy	WDQ 6
(Retained Italian Heavyweight Title)
- July 21	Jose Manuel Urtain	Bilbao, Spain	L 12
(For European Heavyweight Title Eliminator)
+ Sept. 30	Bepi Ros	Reggio Emilia, Italy	W 12
(Retained Italian Heavyweight Title)

1977
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 5	Alfio Righetti	Rimini, Italy	L 12
(Lost Italian Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 3	Giacinto Cattani	Montecchio Maggiore, Italy	W 12
(Regained vacant Italian Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 26	Jerry Thompkins	Bologna, Italy	KO 6

1978
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 31	Joe Gholston	Bologna, Italy	W 10
= June 28	Tony Moore	Castel San Pietro, Italy	Draw 10
- Dec. 26	Alfredo Evangelista	Bologna, Italy	KO by 4
(For European Heavyweight Title)

Summary

Total bouts: 66, Won: 44 (30 inside the limit), Lost: 15 (6 inside the limit), Draw: 6, NC: 1, ND: 0

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